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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28, Kierkegaard.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sophie is in the Major's cabin, what reflects back at her from the mirror?
(a) Alberto, shaking his head.
(b) A crying girl.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Another girl who winks at her.

2. After philosophers who are rationalists, what is the shift toward?
(a) Romanticism.
(b) Puritanism.
(c) Transcendentalism.
(d) Empiricism.

3. What religion does Hume associate with?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Agnosticism.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Atheism.

4. In continuing her search for the philosopher, what path does Sophie take?
(a) The path her mother told her about.
(b) The shortcut through town.
(c) The path Hermes took.
(d) The path Hilde described on a postcard.

5. What does Sophie do with the physical philosophy lessons?
(a) Buries them in her den.
(b) Arranges the pages in a ring binder.
(c) Files them in her dresser.
(d) Burns them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hilde's father order her to do?

2. What does Kierkegaard's philosophy emphasize?

3. What does Alice bring Sophie during the Kierkegaard lesson?

4. Where does Hume believe human ethics come from?

5. What situation does Alberto apply Hume's argument to?

(see the answer key)

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